Personalized service method using user history in mobile terminal and system using the method

ABSTRACT

A personalized service method using a user history in a mobile terminal is provided. The personalized service method using the user history in the mobile terminal includes: checking at least one of event information and context information which occurred due to a user; checking a user&#39;s location, a user&#39;s condition, a user&#39;s emotional state, or an event occurrence time when the at least one of event information and context information occur; reflecting the user&#39;s location, the user&#39;s condition, the user&#39;s emotional state, or the event occurrence time in the at least one of event information and context information, and recording the at least one of event information and context information, having reflected the user&#39;s location, the user&#39;s condition, the user&#39;s emotional state, or the event occurrence time, in a database in a diary type; and displaying a representing image corresponding to the at least one of event information and context information, having been recorded in the diary type.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.11/826,169, filed on Jul. 12, 2007, which claims the benefit of KoreanPatent Application No. 10-2007-0003237, filed on Jan. 11, 2007, in theKorean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosures of which areincorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

BACKGROUND

1. Field

The present invention relates to a personalized service method using auser history in a mobile terminal and a system using the method, andmore particularly, to a personalized service method using a user historyin a mobile terminal and a system using the method which can provide theuser with a differentiated personalized service using the user historyby collecting sequential interactions or context information occurringbetween a mobile terminal and the user, and by managing the collectedsequential interactions or the context information as the user history.

2. Description of the Related Art

Currently, a mobile terminal can perform a simple function such as acall, and also can perform multi-functions with a single terminal byblending various digital multimedia services such as an MPEG AudioLayer-3 (MP3) play service, Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)service, navigation service, the Internet service, and the like. Also,the mobile terminal can perform a function of a portal storage devicesince the mobile terminal has sufficient memory space for contents dueto a decrease of a memory price, and miniaturization.

With this trend, the mobile terminal comes to be positioned as a mostpopular interactive target device for a user, and is required to providethe user with a personalized service by using interactive informationwhich is capable of understanding user's inclination or a motionpattern.

In a conventional mobile personalized service method, a wirelessInternet service is provided, however a process mechanism which cancorrespond to personalized feature information, such as a personalinclination, a personal location, and a personal taste, and a personalrequest, is not provided.

In a conventional mobile personalized service system, the systemincludes: a client module in which the user inputs a user context, andgenerating the inputted user context as ontology data; an agent moduleanalyzing the inputted user context from the ontology data, andrecommending service candidates appropriate for the inputted usercontext; a server module being received the service candidatesappropriate for the inputted user context from the agent module totransmit service candidates which fulfill the user context to the agentmodule, and transmitting the service candidates which are recommended bythe agent module to the client module. However, since the conventionalmobile personalized service method collects the user contextinformation, transmits the collected user context information to apersonalized service engine based on a wireless network or an Internetprotocol (IP), and just provides an individual with a differentiated webservice, various personalized services according to a personal historycan not be provided to the individual.

In a conventional user context diary method in a mobile terminal, thereis provided an application program which records to manage the contextinformation from the mobile terminal, this just provides the contextinformation of the mobile terminal in a diary type, and this can notadopt the user history.

In a conventional personalized information recommendation servicemethod, personalized information such as contact information, publicdocuments, caller/receiver numbers, user information of a recommendedgroup is provided based on opening information between users. However,the conventional personalized information recommendation service methodcan not variously fulfill personalized service requests since theconventional personalized information recommendation service methoddefines items of sharing information and a degree of the sharinginformation in a user terminal and associated user services, recommendslists and contact numbers which are determined to be necessary to theuser, and just provides the users with the caller/receiver numbers andpersonal information of the caller/receiver via the mobile terminal.

SUMMARY

An aspect of the present invention provides a personalized servicemethod and a system using the method which collects interactions andcontext information occurring between a user and a mobile terminal, andmanages the collected interactions and context information as a userhistory. Based on the collecting and managing, a differentiatedpersonalized service may be provided.

Another aspect of the present invention also provides a personalizedservice method and a system using the method which can communicate withother people in a community by sharing information about sequentialevents occurring in a mobile terminal.

Still another aspect of the present invention also provides apersonalized service method and a system using the method which canunderstand a user inclination based on a user history by using a mobileterminal, and provide a user with an automation service for the mobileterminal according to the user's inclination.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided apersonalized service method using a user history in a mobile terminalincluding: checking event information and context information whichoccurred due to a user; checking a user's location, a user's condition,a user's emotional state, and an event occurrence time when the eventinformation and the context information occur; reflecting the user'slocation, the user's condition, the user's emotional state, and theevent occurrence time in the event information and the contextinformation, and recording the event information and the contextinformation, having reflected the user's location, the user's condition,the user's emotional state, and the event occurrence time, in a databasein a diary type; and displaying a representing image corresponding tothe event information and the context information, having been recordedin the diary type.

In an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a personalizedservice system using a user history in a mobile terminal including: afirst detector detecting event information and context information whichoccurred due to a user; a second detector detecting a user's location, auser's condition, a user's emotional state, and an event occurrence timewhen the event information and the context information occur; a databasereflecting the user's location, the user's condition, the user'semotional state, and the event occurrence time in the event informationand the context information, and recording the event information and thecontext information, having reflected the user's location, the user'scondition, the user's emotional state, and the event occurrence time, ina database in a diary type; and a diary displayer displaying arepresenting image corresponding to the event information and thecontext information, having been recorded in the diary type.

Additional aspects, features, and/or advantages of the invention will beset forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will beapparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of theinvention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and/or other aspects, features, and advantages of the inventionwill become apparent and more readily appreciated from the followingdescription of embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a personalizedservice system using a user history in a mobile terminal according to anembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating examples of brief displays with respectto an event in a diary using a user history in a mobile terminalaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating examples of detailed displays withrespect to an event which is selected in a diary using a user history ina mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a detailed context aboutan event recorded in a diary using a user history in a mobile terminalaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of forming a community in amobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a personalized service method using auser history in a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of thepresent invention; and

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of history information withrespect to a selected date of a diary in a mobile terminal according toan embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the presentinvention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elementsthroughout. Embodiments are described below to explain the presentinvention by referring to the figures.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a personalizedservice system 100 using a user history in a mobile terminal accordingto an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the personalized service system 100 using the userhistory in the mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the presentinvention includes a first detector 110, a second detector 120, ameta-database control unit 130, a meta-database 135, a auto-performanceunit for subsequent operation 140, a diary displayer 150, and a diarysharing unit 160.

The first detector 110 detects at least one of event information orcontext information occurring due to a user of the mobile terminal. Thefirst detector 110 includes a call number checking unit 111, amood/theme checking unit 112, a category checking unit 113, a channelchecking unit 114, a contents classifier 115, and a URL checking unit116. The call number checking unit 111 checks a caller's phone number ora receiver's phone number according to a call event A1 with respect toan incoming call or an outgoing call when the call event A1 with respectto the incoming call or the outgoing call occurs due to the user of themobile terminal. The mood/theme checking unit 112 checks a mood or atheme of music which is played according to a music event A2 when themusic event A2 occurs due to the user of the mobile terminal. Thecategory checking unit 113 checks a category of a photo according to aphoto event A3 when the photo event A3 occurs due to the user of themobile terminal. The category of the photo may be categorized as aperson, a view, an inside, and an outside. The channel checking unit 114checks a channel viewed or listened by the user when the TV event A4occurs due to the user of the mobile terminal, e.g. when the userviews/listens to any one of the channel of a television (TV) broadcast,a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting DMB broadcast, and a radio broadcast.The contents classifier 115 classifies transmitted/received contentswhen the e-mail event A5 occurs due to the user of the mobile terminal,e. g. when the e-mail, a short message service (SMS), and a multimediamessage service (MMS) are transmitted/received. The URL checking unit116 checks Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information of a connectedsite according to a connection event A6 when the connection event A6occurs due to the user of the mobile terminal. As described above, thefirst detection unit 110 may detect the event information and thecontext information possibly occurring due to the user of the mobileterminal via the call number checking unit 111, the mood/theme checkingunit 112, the category checking unit 113, the channel checking unit 114,the contents classifier 115, or the URL checking unit 116.

The second detection unit 120 detects a user's location, a user'scondition, a user's emotional state, or an event occurrence time whenthe at least one of event information and context information occur. Thesecond detection unit 120 includes a location detector 121, an emotionestimation unit 122, a motion estimation unit 123, and an event timechecking unit 124. The location detector 121 receives global positioningsystem (GPS) information from a GPS A7, which is equipped in the mobileterminal or is connected with the mobile terminal, and detects theuser's location information by analyzing the received GPS information.The emotion estimation unit 122 estimates the user's emotional statefrom a user's speech communication pattern or a vital sign signal suchas a pulse A8 detected from the user. Specifically, the emotionestimation unit 122 may estimate the user's emotional state as beingexcited based on a result of an analysis of the speech communicationpattern when the user's communication speed is accelerated or speechtone becomes higher. The emotion estimation unit 122 may estimate theuser's emotional state as being excited when an interval of the pulse A8of the vital sign becomes shorter. The motion estimation unit 123estimates a user's motion from a vibration A9 of the mobile terminal.Specifically, the motion estimation unit 123 may estimate the user'smotion as being moving or exercising based on the vibration A9 of themobile terminal, when the vibration A9 is greater than a referencevalue. The event time estimation unit 124 checks a local time A10 whenthe at least one of event information and context information A1 throughA9 occur.

The meta-database control unit 130 manages the at least one of eventinformation and context information occurring due to the user of themobile terminal as metadata according to the present invention. Themeta-database control unit 130 may directly receive motion information101 performed by the user of the mobile terminal, location information102, or time information 103. The meta-database control unit 130 mayreceive the at least one of event information and context informationfrom the first detection unit 110. The meta-database control unit 130may receive information such as the user's location, the user'scondition, the user's emotional state, or the event occurrence time fromthe second detection unit 120. The meta-database control unit 130 maymanage a user history to be recorded in a meta-database 135 in a diarytype by using the metadata including the event information, the contextinformation, the user's location, the user's condition, the user'semotional state, or the event occurrence time. The meta-database controlunit 130 includes a storage unit 131, an interface unit 132, a searchingunit 133, and an input/output unit 134. The storage unit 131 storesvarious types of data necessary for the personalized service using theuser history. The interface unit 132 performs an interface with varioustypes of devices which interoperate with the mobile terminal or with thepersonalized system 100. The searching unit 133 searches for data storedin the storage unit 131 or the metadata recorded in the meta-database135. The input/output unit 134 receives the data inputted by the user,or outputs required data to the user via the personalized service 100.

The meta-database 135 reflects the user's location, the user'scondition, the user's emotional state, or the event occurrence time inthe at least one of event information and context information, andrecords the at least one of event information and context information,having reflected the user's location, the user's condition, the user'semotional state, or the event occurrence time, in the meta-database inthe diary type.

The auto-performance unit for a subsequent operation 140 refers to theat least one of event information and context information, having beenrecorded in the diary type, and automatically performs a subsequentoperation when the user selects a menu.

Specifically, when the user selects the music play menu, theauto-performance unit for the subsequent operation 140 analyzes a userhistory associated with the music play menu, having been recorded in thediary type, and automatically performs the subsequent operation to playmusic which is determined based on a result of the analysis. As anexample, as the result of the analysis of the user history associatedwith the music play menu, when the user frequently listens to excitingmusic whenever getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning, the excitingmusic may be automatically played when the user selects the music menuat 6 o'clock in the morning. The user may change the exciting music todifferent music when the user uncharacteristically wants to listen tothe different music after listening to the exciting music.

As another example, when the user selects the broadcast menu, theauto-performance unit for the subsequent operation 140 analyzes a userhistory associated with the broadcast menu, having been recorded in thediary type, and automatically performs the subsequent operation toprovide broadcast of a channel which is determined based on a result ofthe analysis. As an example, as the result of the analysis of the userhistory associated with the broadcast menu, when the user views achannel 1 via DMB broadcast at 9 o'clock in the evening, the channel 1may be automatically provided when the user selects the broadcast menuat 9 o'clock in the evening. The user may change the channel 1 to adifferent channel when the user uncharacteristically wants to view thedifferent channel after viewing the channel 1.

The diary display unit 150 displays a representing image correspondingto the at least one of event information and context information, havingbeen recorded in the diary type.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the diary display unit 150 displays briefinformation about the event information in the diary type using an eventicon which shows an event content, the event occurrence time, the user'slocation, or an emoticon which shows the user's emotional state.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating examples of brief displays 200 withrespect to an event in a diary using a user history in a mobile terminalaccording to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the brief displays 200 with respect to the event inthe diary using the user history in the mobile terminal are illustrated.

An event icon 210 corresponds to a weather condition when the user ofthe mobile terminal wakes up. An emoticon 211 corresponds to anemotional state when the user of the mobile terminal wakes up. Themotion estimation unit 123 of FIG. 1 may estimate that the user is awakewhen the mobile terminal is vibrated by the user after the mobileterminal outputs an alarm at a morning call time according to a morningcall function in the case that the user has set up the morning callfunction. Also, the emotion estimation unit 122 of FIG. 1 may estimatethat the user is sleepy via a speech communication pattern or a pulse ofa vital signal when the user is awake.

A reference number 220 indicates an event icon corresponding to anexercise state while the user is doing an exercise. A reference number221 indicates the emoticon corresponding to emotion informationaccording to the exercise state. The motion estimation unit 123 of FIG.1 may estimate the user is doing an exercise when the vibration of themobile terminal is great. The emotion estimation unit 122 of FIG. 1 mayestimate the user is in a good mood via the speech communication patternor the pulse of the vital sign of the user while the user is doing theexercise.

An event icon 230 corresponds to e-mail transmitting/receiving statuswhen the user transmits/receives the e-mail via the mobile terminal. Areference number 231 indicates an emoticon corresponding to an emotionalstate according to a result of the transmitting/receiving the e-mail.The contents classifier 114 of FIG. 1 may classify contents of thetransmitted/received e-mail when the user transmits/receives the e-mailvia the mobile terminal. The emotion estimation unit 122 of FIG. 1 mayestimate a user's emotional state via the speech communication patternor the pulse of the vital sign after the user transmits/receives thee-mail.

An event icon 240 corresponds to statuses of TV broadcast, DMBbroadcast, and radio broadcast when the user views/listens to any one ofthe TV broadcast, the DMB broadcast, and the radio broadcast. Anemoticon 241 corresponding to an emotional state when the userviews/listens to any one of the TV broadcast, the DMB broadcast, and theradio broadcast. The channel checking unit 115 may check informationabout a channel/station of the TV broadcast, the DMB broadcast, or theradio broadcast that the user views/listens to. The emotion estimationunit 122 of FIG. 1 may estimate the user's emotional state via thespeech communication pattern or the pulse of the vital sign of the userwhile the user is viewing or listening to the broadcasts.

An event icon 250 corresponds to a status of receiving a call when theuser receives the call via the mobile terminal. An emoticon 251corresponds to the emotional state of the user due to the receiving ofthe call via the mobile terminal. The call number checking unit 111 ofFIG. 1 checks a calling number received via the mobile terminal as aresult of the receiving of the call via the mobile terminal. The emotionestimation unit 122 of FIG. 1 may estimate that the user is surpriseddue to the speech communication pattern or the pulse of the vital signof the user the when the user has received the call.

An event icon 260 corresponds to an Internet use when the user uses theInternet via the mobile terminal. An emoticon 261 corresponds to anemotional state according to the Internet use. The URL checking unit 116of FIG. 1 checks URL information of a website to which the user connectsvia the mobile terminal. The emotion estimation unit 122 of FIG. 1 mayestimate the emotional state of the user via the speech communicationpattern or the pulse of the vital sign of the user while the user isusing the Internet.

An event icon 270 corresponds to taking a photo when the user takes thephoto via the mobile terminal. An emoticon 271 corresponds to anemotional state when the user is in an event associated with the photo.The category checking unit 113 of FIG. 1 checks a category of the phototaken via the mobile terminal. The emotion estimation unit 122 of FIG. 1may estimate the emotional state of the user via the speechcommunication pattern or the pulse of the vital sign of the user thewhile the user is taking the photo.

An event icon 280 corresponds to a calling status when the user makes acall via the mobile terminal. An emoticon 281 corresponds to anemotional state while the user is making the call. The call numberchecking unit 111 of FIG. 1 checks a calling number according to thecalling via the mobile terminal. The emotion estimation unit 122 of FIG.1 may estimate, for example, the user is upset via the speechcommunication pattern or the pulse of the vital sign of the user thewhile the user is taking the photo.

An event icon 290 corresponds to a listening status when the userlistens to music via the mobile terminal. An emoticon 291 corresponds toan emotional state when the user listens to the music. The mood/themechecking unit 112 of FIG. 1 checks a mood/theme with respect to themusic listened to by the user via the mobile terminal. The emotionestimation unit 122 of FIG. 1 may estimate the emotional state of theuser by the speech communication pattern or the pulse of the vital signof the user the while the user listens music.

As another example, a case in which the diary display unit 150 displaysdetailed information about the event content, the event occurrence time,the user's location, or the user's emotion information when therepresenting image is selected by the user, is used.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating examples of a detailed display withrespect to an event which is selected in a diary using a user history ina mobile terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the detailed displays of detailed information 300about an event content, an event occurrence time, a user's location, anda user's emotion information.

A status 301 is a representing image selected by a user. Detailedinformation 302 is associated with an event corresponding to theselected representing image. As an example, when the user web surfs, thedetailed information may include information such as a web surfing time,a user's location during the web surfing, a user's emotional state, or arecord with respect to the web surfing. The event time checking unit 124of FIG. 1 may check a local time when the user is web surfing via amobile terminal. The location detector 121 of FIG. 1 may detect theuser's location using GPS information when the user is web surfing via amobile terminal. The emotion estimation unit 122 of FIG. 1 may estimatea user's emotional state using user's speech communication pattern or apulse of a vital sign while the user is web surfing via a mobileterminal. The URL checking unit 116 may check URL information accordingto the web surfing while the user is web surfing via a mobile terminal.

As still another example, the diary display unit 150 of FIG. 1 displaysdetailed record information about the event along with the representingimage corresponding to the event context, the event occurrence time, theuser's location, or the user's emotion information.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a detailed context aboutan event recorded in a diary using a user history in a mobile terminalaccording to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, a reference number indicates a display 400 whichdisplays detailed record information about the event along with arepresenting image corresponding to an event context, a event occurrencetime, a user's location, and user's emotion information.

Detailed information about a get-up event 410 may include timeinformation about when the get-up event occurs, location information ofwhere the get-up event occurs, or the user's emotion information whenthe get-up event occurs.

Detailed information about an exercise event 420 may include timeinformation about when the exercise event occurs, location informationwhere the exercise event occurs, the user's emotional state informationwhen the exercise event occurs, the exercise event information, or musicinformation while the exercise event is occurring.

Detailed information about an e-mail event 430 may include timeinformation about when the e-mail event occurs, location informationwhere the e-mail event occurs, user's emotional state information whenthe e-mail event occurs, or e-mail event information.

Detailed information about a broadcast viewing/listening event 440 mayinclude time information about when the broadcast viewing/listeningevent occurs, location information where broadcast viewing/listeningevent occurs, the user's emotional state information when the broadcastviewing/listening event occurs, or broadcast program informationaccording to the broadcast viewing/listening event.

Detailed information about call connection events 450 and 480 mayinclude time information about when the call connection event occurs,location information where the call connection event occurs, the user'semotional state information when the call connection event occurs, orcall caller/receiver information according to the call connection event.

Detailed information about a web surfing event 460 may include timeinformation about when the web surfing event occurs, locationinformation where the web surfing event occurs, the user's emotionalstate information while the web surfing event is occurring, or websurfing record information according the web surfing event.

Detailed information about a photo taking event 470 may include timeinformation about when the photo taking event occurs, locationinformation where the photo taking event occurs, the user's emotionalstate information while the photo taking event is occurring, or photoinformation according the photo taking event.

Detailed information about a music listening event 490 may include timeinformation about when the music listening event occurs, locationinformation where the music listening event occurs, the user's emotionalstate information while the music listening event is occurring, or musicinformation according the music listening event.

The diary sharing unit 160 of FIG. 1 forms a community with other usersvia a network connection environment or a web connection environment,and shares user diary information via the community.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of forming a community in amobile terminal 501 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the mobile terminal 501 forms a community withother mobile terminals 502 through 506 via a network or a web 500, andthe diary sharing unit 160 of FIG. 1 shares user diary information viathe formed community. Specifically, the personalized service system 100of FIG. 1, when viewing a user history of the mobile terminal, and whena photo is frequently taken, forms the community of users having acommon interest by using this feature, along with users of other mobileterminals 502 through 506, and the user history is shared by the diarysharing unit 160 of FIG. 1 with the community.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a personalized service method using auser history in a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of thepresent invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 through 6, in operation S610, the personalizedservice system 100 checks at least one of event information and contextinformation occurring due to a user of the mobile terminal.Specifically, in operation S610, the personalized service system 100checks the at least one of event information and context informationoccurring in the mobile terminal via the first detector 110.

In operation S620, the personalized service system 100 checks a user'slocation, a user's condition, a user's emotional state, or an eventoccurrence time when the at least one of event information and contextinformation occurs in the mobile terminal. Specifically, in operationS620, the personalized service system 100 checks the user's location,the user's condition, the user's emotional state, or the eventoccurrence time via the second detector 120 when the at least one ofevent information and context information occurs in the mobile terminal.

In operation S630, the personalized service system 100 reflects theuser's location, the user's condition, the user's emotional state, orthe event occurrence time in the at least one of event information andcontext information, and records the at least one of event informationand context information, having reflected the user's location, theuser's condition, the user's emotional state, or the event occurrencetime, in the meta-database 135 in the diary type. Specifically, inoperation S630, the personalized service system 100 may record, via themetadata management unit 130, the at least one of event information andcontext information having reflected the user's location, the user'scondition, the user's emotional state, or the event occurrence time, inthe meta-database 135, as a user history.

As described above, a personalized service method using a user historyin a mobile terminal according to the present invention can provide auser with a differentiated personalized service based on the at leastone of event information and context information occurring in the mobileterminal by recording the user history in a meta database in a diarytype.

In operation S640, the personalized service system 100 displays arepresenting image corresponding to the at least one of eventinformation and context information, having been recorded in the diarytype. As an example, in operation S640, the personalized service system100 may display brief information about the event information in thediary type using an event icon which shows an event content, the eventoccurrence time, the user's location, or an emoticon which shows theuser's emotional state. As another example, in operation S640, asillustrated in FIG. 3, the personalized service system 100 may displaydetailed information about the event content, the event occurrence time,the user's location, or the user's emotion information when therepresenting image is selected by the user. As still another example, inoperation S640, the personalized service system 100 may display detailedrecord information about the event along with the representing imagecorresponding to the event context, the event occurrence time, theuser's location, or the user's emotion information. As yet anotherexample, in operation S640, the personalized service system 100, asillustrated in FIG. 7, may display detailed record information about theuser history on a selected date of a diary.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of history information withrespect to a selected date of a diary in a mobile terminal according tothe present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, a detailed display 700 with respect to the selecteddate of the diary using a user history of the mobile terminal isillustrated. Illustrated are a calendar display 710 which provides datesinformation and day information of a calendar using the user history, adate 711 selected by the user on the calendar display, and historyinformation 720 corresponding to the date 711 selected by the user.

In operation S650, the personalized service system 100 determineswhether a menu is selected among menus included in the brief informationabout the event displayed in the diary type.

When a menu is selected, in operation S660, the personalized servicesystem 100 refers to the at least one of event information and contextinformation, having been recorded in the diary type, and automaticallyperforms a subsequent operation according to the selected menu.

As an example, when the user selects the music play menu in operationS660, the personalized service system 100 refers to the at least one ofevent information and context information, having been recorded in thediary type, and automatically performs a subsequent operation accordingto the selected music play menu to play frequently played music when themusic play menu is selected.

As another example, when the user selects a broadcast menu, in operationS660, the personalized service system 100 refers to the at least one ofevent information and context information, having been recorded in thediary type, and automatically performs a subsequent operation accordingto the selected broadcast menu to provide a frequently selected channelwhen the broadcasting menu is selected.

As still another example, when the user selects an Internet connectionmenu, in operation S660, the personalized service system 100 refers tothe at least one of event information and context information, havingbeen recorded in the diary type, and automatically performs a subsequentoperation according to the selected Internet connection menu to connecta frequently visited site when the user usually selects the Internetconnection menu.

Consequently, the personalized service method using the user history inthe mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present inventioncan understand a user's inclination based on a user history using themobile terminal, and can provide an automation service of the mobileterminal according to the user's inclination.

Also, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the personalized service method usingthe user history in the mobile terminal according to an embodiment ofthe present invention further includes, forming a community with otherusers via a network connection environment or a web connectionenvironment, and sharing user diary information via the community by themobile terminals 501 through 506.

As described above, the personalized service method using the userhistory in the mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the presentinvention can check a user's daily schedule since the user's dailyschedule is recorded in a diary type, and can share the diary with otherpersons in a community the user belongs to. In this instance, thefunction of the sharing of the diary with the other persons in thecommunity may guarantee privacy since the user can limit items and arange for the sharing. As an example, in the personalized service methodusing the user history in the mobile terminal according to the presentinvention, the user can present a brand new Korean pop song to a user'sfriend based on the friend's user history after checking anddetermining, via the community, the friend frequently listens to Koreanpop songs. Also, in the personalized service method using the userhistory in the mobile terminal according to the present invention, theuser may take an appropriate action for a friend based on the friend'semotional state after checking the friend's emotional state via a userhistory.

Subsequently, the personalized service method using the user history inthe mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present inventioncan communicate with other people in a community by sharing informationabout sequential events occurring in the mobile terminal.

Also, the personalized service method using the user history in themobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention canprovide a personalized search service since user's inclination can beeasily understood in terms of information search. As an example of thepersonalized search service, an interested context of the user isunderstood based on information about a query context inputted by theuser and visited sites by the user when the user does web searching,subsequently a push-up service with respect to information about theinterested context is provided based on the interested context of theuser.

Also, the personalized service method using the user history in themobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention cancollect more accurate information by analogizing a user's inclinationvia interoperation with the mobile terminal which is carried by the userat all times.

The personalized service method according to the above-describedembodiments of the present invention may be recorded incomputer-readable media including program instructions to implementvarious operations embodied by a computer. The media may also include,alone or in combination with the program instructions, data files, datastructures, and the like. Examples of computer-readable media includemagnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape;optical media such as CD ROM disks and DVD; magneto-optical media suchas optical disks; and hardware devices that are specially configured tostore and perform program instructions, such as read-only memory (ROM),random access memory (RAM), flash memory, and the like. The media mayalso be a transmission medium such as optical or metallic lines, waveguides, etc. including a carrier wave transmitting signals specifyingthe program instructions, data structures, etc. Examples of programinstructions include both machine code, such as produced by a compiler,and files containing higher level code that may be executed by thecomputer using an interpreter. The described hardware devices may beconfigured to act as one or more software modules in order to performthe operations of the above-described embodiments of the presentinvention.

According to the above-described embodiments of the present invention, apersonalized service method and a system using the method may providethe user with a differentiated personalized service by collectinginteractions and context information occurring between a user and amobile terminal, and managing the collected interactions and contextinformation as a user history.

Also, according to the above-described embodiments of the presentinvention, a personalized service method and a system using the methodmay communicate with other people in a community by sharing informationabout sequential events occurring in a mobile terminal.

Also, according to the above-described embodiments of the presentinvention, a personalized service method and a system using the methodmay understand a user inclination based on a user history by using amobile terminal, and provide the user with an automation service for themobile terminal according to the user's inclination.

Although a few embodiments of the present invention have been shown anddescribed, the present invention is not limited to the describedembodiments. Instead, it would be appreciated by those skilled in theart that changes may be made to these embodiments without departing fromthe principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which isdefined by the claims and their equivalents.

What is claimed is:
 1. A personalized service providing methodcomprising: identifying first event information about a first operationperformed on a user terminal through a first selection of a user;recording the first event information with first context information ina user history, the first context information including a location atwhich the first operation is performed and a time at which the firstoperation is performed; identifying second event information about asecond operation performed on the user terminal through a secondselection of the user and second context information according to thesecond event information, the second context information including alocation at which the second operation is performed and a time at whichthe second operation is performed; and automatically performing asubsequent operation related to the second event information based onthe second context information and the user history, wherein the firstcontext information includes a user behavior associated with the firstevent information, and wherein the subsequent operation is an operationfrequently selected by the user after the second operation is performed.2. The personalized service providing method of claim 1, wherein theuser history includes first context information matched with a pluralityof first event information aligned with flow of time.
 3. Thepersonalized service providing method of claim 2, wherein the userhistory includes the first context information matched with theplurality of the first event information in a diary type.
 4. Thepersonalized service providing method of claim 2, wherein the pluralityof first event information includes first event information beingfrequently identified according to an interaction between the userterminal and the user before the first operation is performed.
 5. Thepersonalized service providing method of claim 1, wherein the locationcorresponds to a location of the user terminal at which the firstoperation is performed.
 6. The personalized service providing method ofclaim 1, wherein the first context information further includes at leastone of the user's emotional state when the first operation is performed.7. The personalized service providing method of claim 6, wherein theuser's emotional state is determined by at least one of the user'scommunication speed or speech tone based on a speech communicationpattern of the user.
 8. The personalized service providing method ofclaim 6, wherein the user's emotional state is determined by a variationof a vital signal of the user.
 9. The personalized service providingmethod of claim 1, wherein the user history is shared with other usersvia a community based on the user's inclination derived from the userhistory.
 10. A device comprising: a memory configured to store a userhistory; and a processor configured to: identify first event informationabout a first operation performed on the device through a firstselection of a user; record the first event information with firstcontext information in the user history, the first context informationincluding a location at which the first operation is performed and atime at which the first operation is performed; identify second eventinformation about a second operation performed on the device through asecond selection of the user and second context information according tothe second event information, the second context information including alocation at which the second operation is performed and a time at whichthe second operation is performed; and automatically perform asubsequent operation related to the second event information based onthe second context information and the user history, wherein the firstcontext information includes a user behavior associated with the firstevent information, and wherein the subsequent operation is an operationfrequently selected by the user after the second operation is performed.11. The device of claim 10, wherein the user history includes firstcontext information matched with a plurality of first event informationaligned with flow of time.
 12. The device of claim 11, wherein the userhistory includes first context information matched with the plurality ofthe first event information in a diary type.
 13. The device of claim 11,wherein the plurality of the first event information includes firstevent information being frequently identified according to aninteraction between the device and the user before the first operationis performed.
 14. The device of claim 10, wherein the locationcorresponds to a location of the device at which the first operation isperformed.
 15. The device of claim 10, wherein the first contextinformation further includes at least one of the user's emotional statewhen the first operation is performed.
 16. The device of claim 15,wherein the user's emotional state is determined by at least one of theuser's communication speed or speech tone based on a speechcommunication pattern of the user.
 17. The device of claim 15, whereinthe user's emotional state is determined by a variation of a vitalsignal of the user.
 18. The device of claim 10, wherein the user historyis shared with other users via a community based on the user'sinclination derived from the user history.